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TUBERCULOSIS CURB FOUND IN ITS GERM; Isolation of Immunity Factor Reported by Dr. H.J. Corper of National Hospital ANIMALS USED IN TESTS Protected Against Deadly Doses of Bacillus for 3 Years --Discovery Is Hailed

The isolation of the specific immunity factor from the germ of tuberculosis in a form so potent that it protects animals against 100,000 minimal deadly doses of the bacillus, was announced last night by Dr. H.J. Corper, research director of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, which is celebrating the completion of forty years of nonsectarian service to America's tubercular poor.

February 27, 1940

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